pai day 2

today was another lazy chill day in pai. in the morning we drove out to go see a waterfall. the ride to the falls was a gnarly dirt rode with water running ruts thru it everywhere. it was probably the most treacherous moped ride so far, and jamie practically fell of tom’s moped and i bent one of my moped pedals when i scraped by a tree stump. somehow we managed to make it all the way to the falls. the falls were cool, and we watched some little local kids slide down the rocks into the water below (while almost crushing their heads on the rocks. yikes!). oh yeah, another cool thing about the ride to the falls was that we drove by several really really rural hill tribe villages and saw a lot of the people walking around in their traditional garb.

after the falls we went to go check out some elephants. we got to feed sugar cane to the elephants, and it was pretty cool to have the elephant grab stuff w/ it’s trunk right out of your hand. they also had one baby elephant (2 yrs old) that was really small and funny. it was hilarious to watch it as it chased any dogs that would get near it.

oh, we also saw a less than spectacular WWII memorial bridge, that according to the sign was built in 1942 BC. heh

the plan for tonight is to just hang out and drink some more. the town’s atmosphere here is just so nice. even when you dont do much, it’s still hella cool.

-v